War Dead: Western societies and the casualties of war

Author:   Luc Capdevila ,  Daniele Voldman ,  Richard Veasey
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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9780748622986


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   25 July 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Luc Capdevila ,  Daniele Voldman ,  Richard Veasey
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.326kg
ISBN:  

9780748622986


ISBN 10:   0748622985
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   25 July 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1 The War Dead; 2 Identifying the Dead to Mourn them Properly; 3 Armies and States faced with their War Dead; 4 What should be done with Enemy Corpses?; 5 Ways of Bidding Farewell; 6 Ritualised Mourning in Acts of Commemoration; Bibliography.

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This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. -- Ana Carden-Coyne The International History Review The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. -- Mark Hatlie,University of Maryland University College on H-War H-Net It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century. -- Thomas M. Hawley, Eastern Washington University American Historical Review This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century.


This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. -- Ana Carden-Coyne The International History Review The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. -- Mark Hatlie,University of Maryland University College on H-War H-Net It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century. -- Thomas M. Hawley, Eastern Washington University American Historical Review This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century.


Author Information

Luc Capdevila is a Lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Rennes. He is co-author of Hommes et femmes dans la France en guerre as well as author of many articles on war and culture. Daniele Voldman is Director of Research at the Institut d'histoire du temps present. She has written on oral history, societies at war and French post-war reconstruction.

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